{"product_id":"political-museum","title":"Political Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can be extraordinarily influential for shaping identity and collective memory and for peace building. Using key Cypriote archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and art museums as examples, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovides a multifaceted and deeper understanding of how politics, conflict, national agendas, and individual initiatives can shape museums and their narratives;\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscusses how these forces contribute to the creation of, and conflict over, national, community and personal identities;\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamines how museums use inclusion and exclusion in their collections, exhibitions, objects and interpretive material as a way of selectively constructing collective memories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be an important resource for museum professionals, as well as scholars interested in the effects of politics on museums and interpretations of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Left Coast Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248513175896,"sku":"9781611329681","price":210.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781611329681_6f42ec80-881e-4919-b65b-7a7c8a5a4acb.jpg?v=1779180360","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/political-museum","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}